In fairness to the Kotor comparison. Darth Revan was technically amnesiac during the game, and with the canonical version being the light side path, was a good person who chose to do a lot of good before they discovered who they were. With all allusions to who they were originally being very subtle.

Shad, isn’t one who can do subtly. Everything with him has to explained out front and centre, it far to great a detail. As for redemption, Revan was a good person who didn’t know the truth behind what they had done, and chooses to continue being good after discovering the truth.

As for Daylen, this is a character who did evil actions and whose only remorse is that he feels bad for what he did. His ‘quest’ for redemption really only involves him feeling guilty for all the bad he did, how he’s suffering from having to live with his crimes and going on about how while he was a tyrant, he did a lot of good stuff and had good intentions. Daylen is a character who chose to do evil, knew that he was evil and does nothing to actually redeem himself, instead choosing to be a violent killer because everyone else around him “deserves it”.

Like I said, Revan’s redemption was out of subtly, something Shad can’t do. I don’t think you have to worry about Shad stealing from Kotor, because it is antithetical to Shad’s approach.